Education
1986–90 PhD Art History, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
1982–84 MA Visual Art, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
1978–81 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Gwent College of Higher Education, Newport, Gwent, Wales
1977–78 Foundation Studies, Gwent College of Higher Education, Newport, Gwent, Wales
Employment
2022 to date Emeritus Professor, School of Art, Aberystwyth University, Wales
2022 to date Freelance sound art and visual art practitioner, sound and visual historian, and educator, Wales
2011–2018 Co-ordinator of eye(aɪ)–ear(ɪə(r)): image, sound & word, Aberystwyth University, Wales
1999–2013 Director of the Centre for Studies in the Visual Culture of Religion, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
1995–2022 Professorial Chair of Art, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
1995–2005 Head of School, School of Art, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales
1992–95 Lecturer in Fine Art, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
1986–92 Tutor in Painting, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
1985–87 Tutor in Painting and Art & Design, Open College of the Arts, Wales
1985–87 Tutor in Art History, Gwent College of Higher Education, Newport, Gwent, Wales,
1985–86 Tutor in Art & Design and Art History, Pontypool College, Gwent, Wales
Appointments & Fellowships
2005 to date Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK
2004–15 Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Theology and Religious Studies and Islamic Studies, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, Wales
Editorial Boards
2010–18 Advisor to the journal of Biblical Reception, UK
Advisory Boards
2005–9 Advisor to the Bible & Visual Culture in Wales Project (Arts & Humanities Research Council), Department of Theology and Religious Studies and Islamic Studies, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, Wales
2004–9 Advisory Board for Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art & Belief, USA
2003–11 Advisory Board for the Institute for Studies in Sacred Architecture, USA
Professional Membership
American Academy of Religion, USA
Association of Art Historians, UK
Art & Christian Enquiry, UK
European Association of Biblical Studies, EU
Institute for the Study of Sacred Architecture, USA
Society Biblical Literature, USA
